shitposting is a form of self care

Today (20th July 2026) one of the biggest protests is happening in Delhi as many people from different walks of life, march to the parliment a protest that has been organised by by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) for education reforms, among many other things, and for the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan, the Minister of Education over the leaks of the question paper of the NEET exam, which resulted in the cancellation of the exam back in May 2026

What is the NEET exam and why is it important?

NEET stands for National Elegibility cum Enterance Test. It is the mandatory exam needed to be taken for admission in undergraduate medical programs in India.

The exam is being taken by millions of students every year. This year 2.2 million students had appeared for the exam.

For many people, this exam defines the trajectory of their life. Students spend years studying for this exam, some even start from the 8th grade. Students go through intensive programs by coaching centers for even a chance to crack this exam.

Becoming a doctor is a highly sought after proffession in India, and since most of India's population is economically weaker, families invest their savings and take up loans for send their children to coaching centers and tutions so that their children can become a doctor and support themselves as well as their families.

What happened in May 2026?

The exam paper for NEET had been leaked and this jeapordised the futures of many students as the exam got cancelled all over the country.

But this is not the first time the NEET paper has been leaked.

This has been continuously going on for the past few years, and the leaked paper this year has triggered widespread protests in many parts of the country and the dispair of having to repeat and reappear for an exam that defines their future, that gets cancelled after writing it multiple times has caused many students to commit sucide

The re-NEET results just gotten announed a few days ago, and there has been suspicions of tampering regarding these results as well

Adding this to the recent carelessnes of the Ministry of Education regarding the Board exams, people have been calling for the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan who is the Minister of Education, over the carelessness and oversight regarding the examinations that define the trajectory of many students' lives

Sonam Wangchuk's Hunger Strike

Sonam Wangchuk is an activist, innovator and education reformer who had taken an indefinite hunger strike (fast till death) in protest against the irregularities of the educations and examination systems in India until the government is willing to listen to the demands of the CJP and call for the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan

He has been on a 20 day fast until the Saturday of 18th July, 2026, when he was forcibly taken away from Jantar Mantar to a hospital by plain-clothes officers who had snuck into the protest site.

His wife Dr Gitanjali J Angmo has taken to court regarding the illegal confinment of Sonam Wangchuk to Safdarjung hospital against the wishes of himself and his family

They are illegally detaining Sonam Wangchuk inside Safdarjung hospital whithout the consent or consultation of either him and his wife and has effectively taken away the authority of Wangchuk and his family to make descisions regarding his medical treatment

At 6:00 AM on 20th July, 2026 Sonam Wangchuk has uploaded a handwritten letter on Twitter (X) to allow him to leave the hospital to participate in the CJP protest, dispite the fact that the Delhi High Court has stated that he is not in detention and as such, should not be confined to Safdarjung hospital without his consent

I'm so mad because students in Italy have been studying on Rosa Calzecchi Onesti's translation for decades!! Her translation is so well regarded it keeps being used in academia to this day and it's from the 60s!!! There have been dozens of other translations since then but we keep using that one !!!

(and also many other women published their translations both before and after her)

on survival

(kinda wanted to title this "italian cocks and where to find them" but... you know...)

So, we have covered "sti cazzi" here. Let's move on to the many uses of this amazing word and all the idioms derived from it.

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cazzo = literally, "dick/cock". As an exclamation (cazzo!), it equates the English "fuck!"

'sto cazzo = (lit. "this dick") - no way! ; conveys refusal, disagreement. e.g.: "Will you lend me money?" "Sto cazzo!"

un cazzo = (lit. "a dick") - nothing, no amount of smth.; e.g.: "non c'é un cazzo da fare" = "there's nothing left to do about it"

che cazzo...? = (lit. "what dick...?") - what the fuck...?; just as the English equivalent, can be used alone or to ask about what's going on, e.g.: "che cazzo stai facendo?" = "what the fuck are you doing?"

eccheccazzo! = (lit. "what dick!") - what the fuck!; exclamation variant of the idiom above

cazzata = bullshit or cock-up, depending on context. e.g.: "stai dicendo una cazzata" = "what you're saying is bullshit" ; "ho fatto una cazzata" = "I screwed up"

cazzone = (lit. "big dick") jackass, stupid/unreliable individual. e.g.: "Anderson è un cazzone" = "Anderson is a wanker"

testa di cazzo/faccia di cazzo = respectively, dickhead and dickface. As simple as that.

a cazzo di cane = (lit. "as a dog's dick") - said of something done hastily, with poor results. e.g.: "Anderson lavora a cazzo di cane" = "Anderson works very poorly"

a cazzo duro = (lit. "with a hard dick") - to take action with great confidence and resolution.

cazzuto = adj.; (someone) badass, ballsy.

del cazzo = (lit. "of the dick") - something of poor quality. e.g: "E' proprio un film del cazzo" = "That's a terrible film"

cazzi amari/acidi = (lit. "bitter/sour dicks") - troubles, problems. e.g.: "Ora sono cazzi amari!" = "Now you're gonna face big troubles!"

farsi i cazzi propri/degli altri = (lit. "to mind your own/other people's dicks") - to mind your own/other people's business.

incazzarsi = verb; to get upset/angry.

incazzoso = adj.; someone who gets angry very easily and/or is looking to pick a fight

stare sul cazzo = (lit. "to be on someone's dick") - to be unlikeable/unpleasant to someone. e.g.: "Mary mi sta sul cazzo" = "I find Mary annoying/disagreeable"

levarsi dal cazzo = (lit. "to get out of someone's dick") - to get out of the way, to piss off.

sbattersene il cazzo = (lit. "to slap your own dick") - to not give a shit.

rompere il cazzo = (lit. "to break someone's dick") - to be annoying, irritating. Accordingly, it can be said of someone that they're a "rompicazzo".

scazzare = verb; to argue/have a fall-out with someone.

essere scazzati = verb; to be upset/in a bad mood.

cazziare = verb; to scold/reprimand someone. It results in a "cazziatone": an earful, an ass-kicking.

cazzeggiare = verb; to faff around, to laze around

fancazzista = (lit. "no-dicks-doer") - a lazy person.

sarcazzo! = (lit. "the dick knows!") - exclamation, when confronted with something unknown, imperscrutable. Only god knows! (eheh)

coi controcazzi = (lit. "with the counterdicks") - said of something/someone that is top-quality. "Greg è un detective coi controcazzi" = "Greg is a very capable detective"

cazzo me ne frega? = (lit. "what dick do I mind?") - I don't give a shit.

cagacazzo/i = (lit. "dick-shitter") - someone annoying (see: "rompicazzo")

grazie al cazzo! = (lit. "thanks to the dick!") - sarcastic thank you in reply to something utterly obvious.

supercazzola = term invented by Ugo Tognazzi and popularized by the film "Amici miei", it's a string of non-sense sentences aimed at bamboozling the listener. In everyday use, it can define a long-winded, meaningless speech.

... and I'm not even going into all the different regional terms referring to the male genitalia. There are *a lot* of dicks in Italy, and they're widespread.

and then there's the big outlier: the Veneto region, with its preference for... female anatomy (right, @kettykika78?) XD

Retasu sewing a bunch of plushies 💚 She's so crafty ^^)